This is my friends Farmall, serial # traces it to be a 1950 Demonstrator, the white ones, found that under the red paint is white. I promised him I would try to get it running and painted by mothers day. I have never seen or worked on a Farmall before.
Problems so far.

1- Need carburetor gasket set.
2- Are these 12volt, 6volt, positive ground or negative ground?
3- Engine has no compression, only 1 cylinder has 20lbs. Looking in the spark plug holes I can see the valves, some are stuck open. Need head and manifold gaskets.
4- Rear tires are loaded, rims are rusted and one leaks right at the valve stem. Whats the best way to fix? Not going to be reloading the tires.
Need source of parts and info, any help or advice would be nice.
Not doing a restoration just a fix up and repaint, owner wants it red.

I can't tell you about the electrical system, don't know too much about them. I don't think the motor work will be too bad, hopefully get lucky with just cleaning the head, new valve guides and a valve job. Maybe get lucky too with the cylinder walls still being in decent shape, if not maybe be able to get away with just honing them a touch and putting new rings on. I hate to say I think the back rims are shot and might want to start looking for new ones. If they are salvageable they are going to take a lot of work. The rest of the tractor looks like it would clean up pretty easy for repaint.

The cub should be a 6 volt , positive ground. As to gasket sets you should be able to get them at a larger auto parts place. I have redone a couple of farmall A and B tractors and got felpro gasket sets from the local auto parts place. The cub should have a c60 engine, 60 cubic inches. Check over the rear rims and if they are to far gone to be repaired, replacement rims should be available. I bought 2 rear rims for a Farmall A and they were around 100.00 each. Good luck on your project!

That's a good idea, I never thought of that, if I get this thing running 1/2 decent I'll probably go with 12 volt and alternator. Owner doesn't have the money for a full rebuild so a patch up job it is.

I have 3 Farmall tractors, 2 A and a B. Two of the tractors have been converted to 12 volts and use a GM alternator. They have the original 6 volt starter and when you hit the starter you can hardly get your foot off of the starter rod quick enough and they are running. The 1945 A has it's original 6 volt system. It cranks very slowly but the engine is in very good shape and only needs about 2 times past compression and it is running.
If you convert to 12 volts as long as you don't crank steady on the starter for a long time I don't think you will have any problems.

Parts arrived today from "TM Tractor Parts" man those guys don't fool around, got everything I ordered, even a free gas cap straight from International. If the weather is good Sunday I'll see if I can get this thing running.